Indian summer : the secret history of the end of an Empire
Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-2017
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Place reservation for Indian summer : the secret history of the end of an EmpireThe stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from British rule. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror. This book depicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India.
Main title:
Indian summer : the secret history of the end of an Empire / Alex von Tunzelmann.
Author:
Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Collation:
464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2007.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781471166440 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1957273
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